Thursday, 13 March 2008 10:19
CalTrans Goes Fishing
A CALTRANS crew and a hefty amount of odd looking equipment shut down the center lane of Highway 49 in downtown Jackson yesterday. According to Cristy Black, a geologist from UC Davis who was working with the crew, their activities were part of a routine test for contaminants in the soil and ground water. The process is known as soil boring. Their location was chosen because of the location of an underground storage unit that could have been contributing to the contamination. The activities are considered routine maintenance.
